While I've Been Away...

Hmm, I seem to have abandoned this blog for a little while. I suppose that I've been distracted by life, for the time being. And my access to the Internet has been spotty (at best).

Here's a short list of things that I've been doing INSTEAD of updating my blog...

-Playing D&D again with my improviser buddies. Killed some devils. Got a new suit of armor. Bickered with our bard. Fought in a street brawl. Walked around, looking imposing in my new full plate armor.
With Schaefer moved to Athens, GA, our bi-weekly games have moved to being monthly games. Which is fine. I use the time down to look forward to the next game with great anticipation. And a monthly commitment is easy to make.

-Getting pictures taken with the cast of the BBR.
That ate up nearly all of last Saturday. Over 600 pics and 11 videos later, we now have TONS of stuff available for marketing pics. Look for updated pics to pop up on the website and on this blog. (All taken, of course, by the very talented and very hirable, Fuzzy Gerdes.)

-Working on a new Children's Show with Megan Pederson.
I don't want to say too much about it. In case it doesn't end up happening. If it DOES happen, though, and looks and sounds as good as we want it to, it'll be a HELLUVA show!

-Chatting up Pretty Girls.
Oh Lord, I have too many to name. But I love each and every one of them more than the next one. Who knows, I might end up actually dating one of them. Who knows...
I remain, unhappily, Make-Out-Session Free, though. Got to remedy THAT soon.

-Offending People with both word and text.
Something I said to someone once, a long time ago, got passed back to someone who should've have heard it and I had to do some damage control there. Not fun.
Something I wrote on this blog, came to the attention of the one person that I never thought would see it, but they did and for a brief time, things were wierd. Luckily, this person is about as positive and as graceful of soul as a person can be and forgave me for the things that I wrote here. That situation has improved considerably.
Some, you lose. Some, you win. Sometimes, you lose, even if you won. (Think about THAT one, Amateur Philospher!)

-Reading A LOT lately.
The entire "Promethea" series, all the way through. Both Shatner Memory books. Alan Moore's "Voice of the Fire" and his "League of Ex Gents" Vol. 2 and the Companion book by Jess Nevins.
It's rare that you don't see me with my face down in a book, these days.

-Maintaining the Apartment.
Worked on my bedroom some more last night. It's slowly morphing away from a total embarrassment to being a place where I might bring someone. The rest of the apartment requires a little attention.

-Treating Maggies Ears for Ear Mites.
I'm sick of her discomfort. I've really applied myself to this ongoing struggle. She's never had her ears cleaned as much as we've been cleaning them, this past week. Messy business, but long overdue.

-Treating myself.
Turns out the annoying dull ache and swelling that I've had in my right Big toe, off and on for almost two years now, was an Ingrown Toenail. (Thanks for helping me diagnose that, Wikipedia.) It's a fairly common infection of the soft meats of the toe, under and around the toenail. The treatment is easy, soak ones foot in hot, warm water and Epson Salts. There are few medical treatments as pleasant as soaking an aching toe in warm water.
The toe is nearly entirely healed now. By the end of this week, I'll be completely healed.
Next up on my quest for self improvement, surgical removal of "skin tags". I have 3 of them and I'm pretty self conscious about them. Time for them to go away.
After that? Weight loss and muscle development.

If I were to tell you the complete truth, I would tell you that I was intentionall avoiding this blog. I haven't felt like a very good writer, lately. And there are stories that have happened over the week that I felt I MUST get written down. Of course, I never did. I don't react well to pressure. Even pressure that I put on myself.
So, I've left this blog unattended.
Additionally, I forgot why I was keeping it. Was it to post amusing video clips? Or pictures of me? Or to stage elaborate, silly contests?
In the end, I've determined that it's for ALL of those things and a few more. It's also a place to werehouse my memories. Things that will fade in time, are recorded here. For later perusal.
Hence, with that new understanding, I am returned and posting again!

Some Things that I am Looking Forward To:
-The Laflamboy Halloween Bash, next weekend. I have a costume that I am DYING to get into.
-Jackass 2 & Flyboys.
-My first writing competition with Mr. Gilmore.
-Getting finances in order.
-More Justice League & Batman Beyond on DVD, next month.
-2 more FABLES books by the end of the year.
-Getting my office up and running at home. It's very cozy, just needs a working computer in it.
-Possibly working on a show with Don Hall and WNEP for New Years Eve. I hope that works out. I like those guys. And I've wanted to do this show for a while. Even the invitation to audition, was very kind of them. Hopefully, I get cast.
-More D&D adventures.

I'll add more things as I think of them.

Sorry that this post wasn't more artful. It's an exercise in getting back into the habit of posting regularly. While I still can. At the end of the month, all superfluous internet access is going to be taken away from all of the work computer. Productivity will go way up. Creativity will instantly be shut off. Dunno how that's going to shake out. We'll see.

Cheers,
Mr.B